Mauritania's army blew up a car packed with explosives Wednesday, foiling an attack which al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) claimed was aimed at assassinating President Ould Abdel Aziz .
The al-Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for the attempted attack in a telephone call to an
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وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ